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Ricardo Campello
Sail#: V-111
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 63 kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Brazilian
Residence: Venezuela
Debut: 0
Biography:
3 time PWA Freestyle world champion, 2003, 2004 & 2005
2006 ranked 6th Freestyle, 12th Wave & 6th Super X
2007 ranked 4th Freestyle
2008 ranked 6th overall PWA Freestyle & 9th Wave
2009 ranked 7th overall PWA Wave
2010 ranked 2nd overall PWA Wave
2011 ranked 2nd overall PWA Wave
2012 ranked 4th overall PWA Wave
Well, I am going to tell you a little bit how I started my career.
I was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the first sport I was keen on was soccer. Then one of my uncles who was a racing driver pushed me into go-karts. Moreover, my dad almost gave me one as a present. After the accident of the best Formula One driver Ayrton Senna, I was really sad about what had happened and I gave up karting. Later some of my friends started surfing. I had an advantage that I lived right in front of the beach in Rio, so I started doing it too. I was really in a pretty good road until my mother and stepfather had to move to Isla Margarita, Venezuela. That was a big change in my life. I’ve been living here on the island since 1998. The main sport here is windsurfing and everything is connected with it. I made my friends who wanted to do it and we started doing it together. Everyday I loved it more and more. Then I got my first sponsor and I went to a few small contests around the Caribbean winning some of them.
Since I started windsurfing and I saw the guys doing forward loops, flips and moves which I didn't know what they were, I put in my mind only one thing - I wanted to be good at that.
In 2000 or 2001 I got the support from JP and Neil Pryde. At that stage I could say I was at a pretty good level, and together with my mum we decided that I should go to my first PWA contest. I went to Austria, but unfortunately, there was not enough wind to compete. Anyway, during the warm-up sessions people were really impressed of me and I got a lot of coverage, which gave me and my sponsors a lot of confidence. JP invited me to my first photo shooting in my life. I left school and everything behind just to start my career as a professional windsurfer, as I always wanted to be. So, here I am. I made my dream come true, which was to be a world champion. Now, my next goal is to keep this title for many more years!
2003
- PWA Freestyle World Champion
- 1st - PWA World Cup Pozo Freestyle
- 1st - PWA World Finals Bonaire
- 4th- PWA Fuerteventura Super-X
- 5th- PWA Fuerteventura Freestyle
2002
- PWA World Freestyle Vice-Champion
- 4th - PWA Freestyle Finals Bonaire
- 7th - PWA Canada - Freestyle
- 1st - PWA Fuerteventura - Freestyle
- 3rd - PWA Pozo, Gran Canaria - Freestyle
- 1st - Ceara Wind Jericuacuara Brazil
2001
- 1st -Margarita Hi-winds Freestyle
- 1st - Prince of the Lake - Lake Garda, Italy
- 13th - PWA Pozo, Gran Canaria - Freestyle
- 8th - PWA Fuerteventura - Freestyle
- PWA Overall Freestyle - 9
2000
- 1st - Margarita Hi-winds Freestyle
- 1st - Junior Aruba KING OF THE HUTS Freestyle
1999
- 1st - Junior Aruba KING OF THE HUTS Freestyle
- 1st - KING OF EL YAQUE Freestyle
2006 ranked 6th Freestyle, 12th Wave & 6th Super X
2007 ranked 4th Freestyle
2008 ranked 6th overall PWA Freestyle & 9th Wave
2009 ranked 7th overall PWA Wave
2010 ranked 2nd overall PWA Wave
2011 ranked 2nd overall PWA Wave
2012 ranked 4th overall PWA Wave
Well, I am going to tell you a little bit how I started my career.
I was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the first sport I was keen on was soccer. Then one of my uncles who was a racing driver pushed me into go-karts. Moreover, my dad almost gave me one as a present. After the accident of the best Formula One driver Ayrton Senna, I was really sad about what had happened and I gave up karting. Later some of my friends started surfing. I had an advantage that I lived right in front of the beach in Rio, so I started doing it too. I was really in a pretty good road until my mother and stepfather had to move to Isla Margarita, Venezuela. That was a big change in my life. I’ve been living here on the island since 1998. The main sport here is windsurfing and everything is connected with it. I made my friends who wanted to do it and we started doing it together. Everyday I loved it more and more. Then I got my first sponsor and I went to a few small contests around the Caribbean winning some of them.
Since I started windsurfing and I saw the guys doing forward loops, flips and moves which I didn't know what they were, I put in my mind only one thing - I wanted to be good at that.
In 2000 or 2001 I got the support from JP and Neil Pryde. At that stage I could say I was at a pretty good level, and together with my mum we decided that I should go to my first PWA contest. I went to Austria, but unfortunately, there was not enough wind to compete. Anyway, during the warm-up sessions people were really impressed of me and I got a lot of coverage, which gave me and my sponsors a lot of confidence. JP invited me to my first photo shooting in my life. I left school and everything behind just to start my career as a professional windsurfer, as I always wanted to be. So, here I am. I made my dream come true, which was to be a world champion. Now, my next goal is to keep this title for many more years!
2003
- PWA Freestyle World Champion
- 1st - PWA World Cup Pozo Freestyle
- 1st - PWA World Finals Bonaire
- 4th- PWA Fuerteventura Super-X
- 5th- PWA Fuerteventura Freestyle
2002
- PWA World Freestyle Vice-Champion
- 4th - PWA Freestyle Finals Bonaire
- 7th - PWA Canada - Freestyle
- 1st - PWA Fuerteventura - Freestyle
- 3rd - PWA Pozo, Gran Canaria - Freestyle
- 1st - Ceara Wind Jericuacuara Brazil
2001
- 1st -Margarita Hi-winds Freestyle
- 1st - Prince of the Lake - Lake Garda, Italy
- 13th - PWA Pozo, Gran Canaria - Freestyle
- 8th - PWA Fuerteventura - Freestyle
- PWA Overall Freestyle - 9
2000
- 1st - Margarita Hi-winds Freestyle
- 1st - Junior Aruba KING OF THE HUTS Freestyle
1999
- 1st - Junior Aruba KING OF THE HUTS Freestyle
- 1st - KING OF EL YAQUE Freestyle
Sponsors:
NeilPryde, JP Australia, Dwarf8, Campello WindCenter, MFC, Campello Clothing
EVENT CALENDAR
Jul 09 - Jul 14
Jul 20 - Jul 26
Aug 03 - Aug 09
Aug 19 - Aug 24
Sep 07 - Sep 14
Sep 16 - Sep 22
Sep 27 - Oct 06
Nov 23 - Dec 01
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